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TOY BANK Filed May 17, 1951 INVENTORS.

MARWN I. GLASS JOHN W. EHEMANN ATTORNEY Patented Jan.- 26, 1954 TOY BANK Marvin I. Glass and John W. 111., asaignors to Marvin I.

Ehemann, Chicago, Glass, Chicago, Ill.

ApplicationMay 1'1, 1951, Serial No. 226,888 1 Claim. (Cl. 46-3) This invention relates to toy banks, and more particularly to a toy bank which is actuated by the insertion of a coin.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a toy bank'in the form of an animal with a movable body member, such as a tail, which-is normally stationary but which is actuated to wag when a coin is deposited and to continue wagging for a short period of time.

Another object is to provide a very simple and inexpensive toy bank which by reason of the action produced will encourage a child to deposit coins therein.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses In the drawings: I

Fig. l is a side view of the toy bank with a portion broken away and partially in cross section to show the interior thereo Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 oi. Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view and showing in dotted lines the operating parts.

The figure shown in the drawings is that of a dog, but it will be understood that any animal character may be used. The housing, generally indicated at to, is shaped to simulate a dog and is formed of two longitudinal body sections I2 and i4 permanently joined together.

The head it of the dog has a mouth portion which is in the form of a transverse slot l8. The opposite walls 20 and 22 of the slot extend downwardly at an inclined angle and into the interior of the housing.

A longitudinally extending inclined wall partition 24 extends from the wall 22 to the rear of the housing and the same has 9. depending well portion 26. The inclined wall partition divides the interior of the housing into an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment 28 contains the operating parts while the lower compartment 30 forms the container for the coins.

Suitably anchored within the well 26 is a leaf spring 32 which extends upwardly through a transverse slotted opening34 adjacent the upper rear end of the housing. Secured to the opposite end of the spring is a tail member 36 whose lower portion 31 covers the length and width of the slotted opening 34 so that when the tail is wagging, as will be subsequently described, the slotted opening will be covered.

Pivotally supported as at 38 on the inclined partition wall 24 is an actuating member or arm, generally indicated at 40, which has a bifurcated rear end 42 between which the spring 32 extends. The front end of the actuating member 40 extends upwardly as at 44 and terminates in a fiat forwardly and downwardly extending portion 46 which passes thrqllgh'alined slots 41 and 48 respectively, in the walls 20 and 22 and intercepts the coin slot I 8 to block the deposit of a coin. The normal position of the operating parts is as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, with the bifurcated end 42 of the actuating member 40 out of engagement with the spring 32 and the tall 38 in a stationary vertical position. When a coin 50 is deposited in the slot [8, it will engage the edge 52 of the forwardly extending portion 43 of the actuating member 40 and rock the same clockwise to the dotted line position of Fig. 2, causing the bifurcated end 42 to engage the spring 32 and displace it from its vertical position, moving with it the tail 36 supported thereon. After the coin has cleared the forwardly extending portion 46,- it drops into the hollow body compartment 30 and is retained therein until removed. Simultaneously the spring 32 which has been placed under a. bending stress will move the operating member 40 back to the full line position of Fig. 2, and the spring 32 and tail 36 will continue to wag or oscillate back and forth for a period of time until it comes to rest. Thus,

with every deposit of a coin, wag for an interval of time, indicating to the child that the dog is happy to receive the coins, thus encouraging a child to save.

30 will not engage any of the operating parts and the coins may be removed from the bottom thereof by any conventional means, such as providing an opening in the bottom of the compartment the tail is caused to The coins deposited in the bankcompartment which is closed by a removable plate which may be locked by a key or by manual manipulation.

The housing, as well as the operating parts, except the spring, may be made of plastic or like material. It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made from the foregoing without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

We claim:

In a toy bank comprising a body shaped to simulate an animal, a partition interiorly of-said body dividing the same into an upper and lower compartment, said body having a coin slot through said body aligned with a coin opening in the partition to receive coins into the interior of said lower compartment, said upper compartment having an opening adjacent the rear thereof, an elongated spring member secured at one end within said body and extending through said 3 opening and eomprising a tail simulating portion exteriorly of said body, an actuating member pivotally mounted on said partition within said upper compartment and extending longitudinally between said spring and said coin slot. with the rear end thereof contacting the side 01' the spring member and the front end engageable by a coin inserted into 'coi'n slot for pivotally moving the actuating member to laterally stress the spring to cause said tail to wag when the ooin passes the 10 actuating member and tails into the lower compertinent.

, MARVIN I. GLASS.

JOHN w. EHEMANN.

4 References Cited in the me of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Reed Nov. 27. 1888 Zimmerman Mar. 30, 1897 Hall Aug. '7, 1928 Burris Sept. 29, 1938 Lawson Dec 8, 1942 

